Sudan

The HIV epidemic poses significant challenges to the low income countries in sub Saharan Africa, affecting the attrition rate among health care workers, their level of motivation, and absenteeism from work. This study aimed to predict the intention to provide surgical treatment to HIV infected patients among medical- and dental students in Tanzania and Sudan using an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. [from abstract]

We conducted a survey among nurses and midwives working at district level in Sudan and Zambia to determine their roles and functions in polio eradication and measles elimination programs. [from abstract]

In Southern Sudan, the Capacity Project is strengthening the Ministry of Health’s ability to hire, train and manage a high-quality health workforce. Opened in May 2008, the Project-supported resource center provides hospital staff, medical students and Ministry of Health personnel with print and electronic materials, library services, Internet access and computer training. [adapted from author]

This presentation discusses the importance of HRH in the Sudanese health sector and provides sample tables for collecting relevant HRH statistics.

The health sector has prepared this 5 year strategy in for developing a 5 year strategic plan for all sectors in Sudan. The purpose of this policy document is to provide a framework for the health system reform and sustainable development. It stipulates as well the most important health priorities to be addressed during the coming five years (2007-2011). [from introduction]

This document profiles the Sudan Health System, detailing the resources it employs the and the challenges it faces.

This strategy was prepared in response to the national government initiative of developing a 25-year strategic plan for all sectors in Sudan. The purpose of this policy document is to give a framework for health systems and services development from 2003-2027. It provides a road map for identifying key priority areas and defining the context within which the health system will perform. The strategy will provide a guide for policy makers and service providers to achieve the future vision. [from introduction]

This report is meant to explore the experience so far on HRH observatories and their contribution to evidence-based policy, planning and management of health workforce. The report also proposes national human resources for health observatory for Sudan together with its required steps and arrangements. [from executive summary]

This strategic work plan for HRH in Sudan is introduced with the aim of guiding the efforts and further work in developing human resource plans at different levels of the health system in a comprehensive approach that considers all dimensions of HRH. The plan also defines the issues and priorities and suggests strategic actions to revive and improve HR policies, planning, production and management systems. [from executive summary]

Migration of health professionals from developing to developed countries has attracted a global concern and debate. Brain drain resulting from this phenomenon is crippling health systems in low income countries. This study explores the problem of brain drain of health professionals in Sudan in terms of magnitude, implications, challenges and prospects for solution and draws on analysis of official data and documents obtained from relevant bodies in that country. [adapted from abstract]

This article profiles three leaders from Afghanistan, South Africa, and Southern Sudan who have made a significant difference in those countries’ HR situations. By taking a comprehensive approach and working in partnership with stakeholders, these leaders demonstrate that strengthening health workforce planning, management, and training can have a positive effect on the performance of the health sector. [from author]

This version of Voices discusses the Capacity Project’s work with the Ministry of Health in Southern Sudan to strengthen its ability to plan for and manage the health workforce. [adapted from author]

This article describes the achievements of 11 Sudanese-Canadian physicians who completed medical training and returned to Southern Sudan to practice. Few internationally educated physicians are prepared to return to a homeland as challenging as Southern Sudan; this goes against the globally entrenched flow of physicians migrating from developing to developed countries. [from introduction]

In 2001 the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Gezira (FMUG) introduced the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy into its medical curriculum. The emphasis was on pre-service training that addresses standard case management and the IMCI community component. This report presents the experience of FMUG in integrating such a training package into the medical curriculum. It explains the rationale for introducing the IMCI community component and the guiding principles for doing so.

This presentation was given at the First Forum on Human Resources for Health in Kampala. It discusses training Clinical Officers, a cadre of mid-level health professionals, as a method of filling the health worker gap in a post-conflict area.

The 2005 peace treaty between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army created a window of opportunity for rebuilding the south’s severely damaged health sector. The effort is getting an important boost from a program to bring back 15 Sudanese-born doctors who are ready to help. [adapted from author]

This analytical report is conducted to measure the gap between the available staffing resources of health services in greater Darfur and the identified minimum standards to be attained in disaster assistance. Key indicators of staffing levels (i.e. home visitors, doctors, health workers, ORT, etc) are used to measure these standards. Different levels of PHC system (i.e. community level, peripheral health facility, central health facility, and referral hospital level) are presented to show the coverage of the medical staffing resources per states on locality levels. [author’s description]

The health workforce in Sudan operates under serious policy, financial, organizational, and managerial constraints, and as a result, productivity, morale, and effectiveness are sub-optimal. The effective performance of the human resources in health (HRH) is hampered by a series of structural bottlenecks and imbalances in the health system. This mapping outlines health worker profiles, health professional institutes, migration, and HR development in Sudan.

The document aims to analyse the health system in Sudan, to identify the new challenges brought about by the new context, and on this basis to present a post-conflict strategic framework for the health sector. Chapter 3 presents an overview of the health sector. Available data on infrastructures and human resources indicate wide inequality across states in resource availability. The findings of sub-sector reviews consistently point to the overall low technical and managerial capacity at local level, the lack of recurrent funds and the high attrition of health workers, due to low salaries and difficult working conditions. [from executive summary]